This is HUGE, if it happens. Johnson is a top 250, mid-level 4 star at a position of dire need.
And get this... we'd be stealing him from his home state that's having a historically good year and blew us out just two months ago. Oh and also from Wisconsin, his other favorite, despite them winning their latest in a long string of B1G West division titles. How angry must Minnesota fans be right now?!?! How puzzled must Wisconsin fans be?
This tells me two things:
1. Frost and his coaches are damn good recruiters. You don't lure blue chippers like this after the season we had without being grade A recruiters. And,
2. Our message still resonates with recruits. The Big Red brand and hope for the future still burns bright with high school recruits.
Okay, I'm done overreacting to a recruits Crystal ball predictions now...